The Door County Board of Supervisors passed five separate resolutions in January in support of different internet service providers ( ISPs ) bidding for a share of Wisconsin’s ( Broadband, Equity, Accessibility and Deployment ) funds to expand high-speed internet nationwide. Wisconsin’s promote is$ 1, 055, 823, 573.71 – if federal distributions be freed up for submission.  ,
The models in Door County are displayed on a chart provided by the Wisconsin State Broadband Office via “auctions” to support. The units are confined by county boundaries, no municipal boundaries, but one ISP may bet on units to offer residents and businesses in many municipalities.  ,  ,
” All of these ISPs applied to bet in these bids”, Jessica Hatch, state broadband consultant, explained during the state board conference, Jan. 28. Any company may submit a charge for any project unit.
ISPs can compete against one another, and Hatch claimed that the Broadband Office would choose the most economical bidder at the bidding to ensure the state’s funding expansion is as far as possible.  ,
Existing service agreements and offers between communities and ISPs won’t be affected by the bidding process. Some people and companies may end up with more than one fiber online option if there is collide.
The ISPs and the markets where they are bidding are as follows:
•Bertram Communications: Products serving the Village of Ephraim and intractable areas, with one or two in the Town of Baileys Harbor and a few in the Town of Clay Banks.
•Wisconsin Bell ( AT&, T Wisconsin ): Units in the Town of Nasewaupee and Village of Egg Harbor.  ,
•Connect Holding II: Products in Southern Door County.
• Frontier North: Units in the Town of Liberty Grove.
•NET LEC: Products across Door County.  ,